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Several students were honored as the Columbus Day Essay Contest winners at the Clark UNICO Italian-American Festival on October 8. Winners included Jionni Jacobs, a fifth grader at Frank K. Hehnly School; Trang Le, a fifth grader at Valley Road School; Luca Fruzzetti, a seventh grader at Carl H. Kumpf Middle School; and Sienna Guarino, a sophomore...

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The Da Vinci Society at Wagner College recently made waves within the community as it celebrated Italian Heritage Month by hosting its 18th annual Scholarship Dinner Gala in Nicotra’s Ballroom at the Hilton Garden Inn on September 28. The event's resounding success not only broke attendance records – bringing together more than 500 students, facult...

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Two northwest suburban high schools are showcasing exclusive programs during Italian American Heritage Month. The exclusive programs will help students grasp the impact of the culture on their everyday lives. This week, Rolling Meadows High School is taking students on a trip to Italy, without the airfare. Italian language students have charted a j...

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My husband and I have lived in Vicenza, Italy, twice since 2015, with him being stationed here for work in the military.  Our second move was in 2022 from Kansas with our three children, ages 10, 6, and 4. Our oldest two attend Department of Defense schools on the base, but our youngest attends a local Asilo, a school for children ages 3 to 6. It's...

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The Italian Civic League hosted its 82nd annual Columbus Day luncheon Monday. It was held at the Italian American Community Center in Gates. Quintino DiCesare, the civic league’s president and an Italian immigrant, says while the federal holiday started as a celebration of Christopher Columbus coming to America, it has since become a celebration of...

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Sandro Botticelli was a renowned Italian painter of the Renaissance who had a distinctive style of depicting hair in his portraits of women. He is best known for his iconic painting, The Birth of Venus, that shows the goddess arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully-grown, ankle-length hair a glorious mass of w...

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Arthur L. Johnson High School Italian Teacher Alessandra Bonacchi was just awarded a $20,000 grant from the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) Italian Language Center under the supervision of the Consulate General of Italy in New York.    The grant, designed to promote the study of the Italian language, was reviewed by the Italian Minis...

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Ciao Bambini is an interactive and immerse children's exhibit at The Magic House, the St Louis Children's Museum which officially opened to the public on Saturday, September 23, 2023. When Beth Fitzgerald, President of The Magic House, contacted our community a year and a half ago about this project, we were more than honored to participate.After 1...

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This summer, 15 students from the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts traveled to Todi, Italy, as part of the “Italian Language, Art History and Culture” faculty-led course, which allowed them to immerse themselves in a new culture while gaining real-world experience. The program, led by Giuseppe Bruno-Chomin, assistant teaching professor of Ita...

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To experience the finest Italian Renaissance art anywhere, there’s no finer place to visit than Florence, Italy. That’s what keeps drawing State University of New York at Fredonia students each summer to Art History 390: Arts of Italy, a study abroad course taught by Department of Visual Arts and New Media Associate Professor Peter Tucker. Beginnin...

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